Our Hearts Fell to the Ground

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Our Hearts Fell to the Ground is written by Colin G. Calloway and published by Macmillan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0312133545 (ISBN 10) and 9780312133542 (ISBN 13).

This anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources -- including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories -- gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's introduction offers information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index.